قاطبه ḳāt̤iba A adj. All.

قاف ḳāf A (from قوف To trace oneʼs footsteps, or rather Heb. and Chald. To revolve or go round) s. m. A fabulous mountain, supposed to surround the world, and bound the horizon. It rests on the stone Sakhrat, an entire emerald, which covers the azure colour of the sky. 2. Mount Caucasus.

قندهار ḳandhār H. (corrupt. of کهـنڐار) n. prop. Name of a country.

ق ḳāf called قاف قرشت the twenty-first letter of the Arabic alphabet, does not occur in pure Persian, and has no analogous letter in Sans- krit. Its sound differs from that of ک or the

قعر ḳaﻌr A s. m. A gulf, an abyss, the bottom (of a well, &c.). قعردريا ḳaﻌr-i-daryā, 1. The depth of a river. 2. The sea.

قـﮩوه ḳahwa A s. m. Coffee. قـﮩوه دان ḳahwa-dān, A coffee-pot.

قعود ḳuʼuﻌd A s. m. The act of sitting, sitting down.

قرابتي ḳarābat-ī A. adj. Related, relative, akin; (substantively) A relative, a relation.

قرنبيق ḳarambīḳ A s. m. An alembick, a still.

قمري ḳumrī A s. f. A turtledove. ¶ ḳamar-ī, adj. Belonging to the moon.